As if launching Stargate Universe this summer wasn’t enough work, Stargate SG-1 co-creator Brad Wright is also working on the next SG-1 movie. In a new Q&A with fans at Atlantis executive producer Joseph Mallozzi’s blog, Wright shared some news on how the team’s third DVD outing is progressing.
The film is currently being written by Wright and former Stargate Atlantis writer-producer Carl Binder. There is no title yet. Long-time Stargate director and Stargate: Continuum helmer Martin Wood will direct the movie.
As previously revealed to GateWorld, Wright confirmed that the movie will focus on Jack O’Neill, played of course by former series lead Richard Dean Anderson. Though Anderson’s role in last summer’s Stargate: Continuum amounted to a guest appearance, it will be much more substantial in the next film. “The next movie will be much more Jack-centric,” Wright said.
The limited screen time for O’Neill in Continuum certainly was not Wright’s choice. “That’s all I could get him for,” he said. “He’ll be much more involved in the next one.”
But one SG-1 cast member who won’t be in the next movie is Claudia Black, whose character of Vala Mal Doran joined the team in the show’s tenth and final season after making a big impression in a series of guest appearances in Seasons Eight and Nine. “I thought Claudia was terrific in Continuum,” Wright told fans, “but Vala won’t be returning in the third movie.”
Wright has previously told GateWorld that, due to a variety of circumstances including the availability of former cast members who have moved on to other work, it’s unlikely that future SG-1 movies will include the entire cast of the television series. While fans of those characters will certainly mourn their absence, it does offer the writers the ability to spend more time servicing whichever characters are included.
All in all, 2008’s two direct-to-DVD Stargate films have proved successful for MGM — though they have not yet convinced the studio to pull out all the stops and commit to a big-budget theatrical film.
“The DVDs came out of a desire to prove we could make movies,” Wright said. “I think we surprised the studio with what we could do on a small budget, but not enough to let us make a big Stargate feature.”
Don’t miss the full Q&A with Brad Wright, now at Joseph Mallozzi’s blog, where he also answers questions on Stargate Universe (including the controversial casting notice), the cancellation of Atlantis, and his past work on The Outer Limits. The next SG-1 movie is expected to film this spring or summer, meaning a 2010 release is likely.
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Glad to hear Jack is back! This will probably be out in 2010…But here it comes with “everyone’s not available for a movie” ordeal, This is what is upsetting to me about Atlantis and TBTB thinking they can kid us about promising several Atlantis movies….. can’t promise everyone will be in a movie once they are let go, but while in a season they are and will be around….
NemesisDesignz | January 6 @ 1:56 amLooks like I will be saving money on the third movie if it really is Jack O’ Neill centric. Also if all the characters can’t come back for future movies and it ends up being all Sam all the time then I can save money then to so thanks PTB for helping me save money in the new year.
Wendi | January 6 @ 2:37 amHave to say that I was not a great Vala and Mitchell fan, so am really glad it looks like the old SG1. If there’s a Jack, there has to be a Sam,Daniel and a Teal’c so come on Mr. Wright, give the SG1 fans what they want, an all action, Jack butt kicking,Danny and Sam getting injured, Teal’c taking on the bad guys and bring back Doc FRASER! Now that would make me very, very happy C’MON!!!
samsnares | January 6 @ 9:33 amWendi, what is your problem? Stargate is about Jack O’Neill and the rest of the gang. When did u start watching the programme? series 9??? Give it a chance, at least.
samsnares | January 6 @ 9:37 amYAY!! Old school SG1 is back! And Jack too!! I hope all 4 original cast members can be in it, I miss Jack, Sam, Daniel and Teal’c a lot. I beg (yes beg lol) BR to include Sam/Jack undeniable ship resolution it doesn’t have to take over the movie (in fact I’d hate that) but, just even a line or to, but please!! Mr Right. We shippers have waited a long time. And we’d love you forever!! LOL. :D
samcarterrules | January 6 @ 10:55 amI’m of two minds. Well, three, actually. 1- If Jack’s character is as inane and one-liner centric as it was in Continuum, this movie will be lame indeed. Old school Jack, with the original team interactions is great, but if Shanks isn’t there to play Daniel, it will be useless. 2- if Jack is centric so he and Sam can be together, YUK! I don’t want a romantic SG-1 flick, thanks. Holy Hannah. 3- Why? I know RDA was central to getting SG-1 on the air in the first place, but the team had moved on. The characters had grown beyond the Seasons 1-8 holes they were plugged into. Daniel grew through his interactions with Cam and Vala, Sam grew beyond her annoying need for O’Neill, and Teal’c became an intergalactic politician. If they can keep the new aspects, new independencies if you will, of the characters then the centralization of O’Neill will work. If they are going backwards in any way, relying on early year stereotypes, it will not be successful. Indiana Jones 3 should have never seen the light of day.
A good story, please, for the love of God, a good story this time. Needing to placate RDA’s star status worries me.
Shanksfan | January 6 @ 11:33 amYEEY!!! Another movie all about Jack? Fantastic!!! It’s a shame Vala won’t be in it. She’s so funny and I luv her accent..
Chaylena | January 6 @ 11:42 amFinally, a return to SG-1 the way it is meant to be…with Jack. Now if the other 3 especially Sam are in it, the real team will finally be back together.
Sam and Jack Shipper | January 6 @ 12:04 pmJack YES ;D
Merethe | January 6 @ 12:40 pmomg I’m so excited!!! :D :D
snake | January 6 @ 1:12 pmi mourn the absence of Vala but… YAY JACK! I miss him, in continuum there was hardly any Jackisms… it was about 5 minutes of him being him, a death scene whic made me cry for poor Sam, and then him being horrible to Sam…
But i hardly think Vala’s not in it because of him not likeing her! It’s more likely she doesn’t fit into the plot, if it’s cenetered around Jack then it’s explainable isn’t it? i mean, the two hardly ever met,, and lets face it, when they did it was probably painful for Jack…. :D
oh, i support this movie if there’s SamXJack in it, if not i’ll feel cheated…. they’ve got to say something, a passing comment on a DVD extra isn’t enough for the rabid fans!
Danni | January 6 @ 1:20 pmYes I have been waiting for more Jack in SG-1! It will be like old times. I was never a massive Vala fan but I never hated her either. It was just the way sometimes she was a bit too over the top.
sargemat | January 6 @ 2:35 pmI love every one else, but it has to be Jack and Teal’c, it must be. Those two are the perfect bumblers, at least jack is and Teal’C looks at him with the classic look of ‘WTPhunk.’
Coremae | January 6 @ 3:18 pmAll I really want to see in the next SG-1 movie are the Tok’ra. I would love it to be about getting them a new queen. I also hope Martouf/Lantash will somehow be returning again.
skadi | January 6 @ 3:34 pmI wont miss Vala – never learned to apreciate her. Classic Sg-1 would be cool! Would love to see the goa’uld some more – or the Tok’ra
RingThing | January 6 @ 3:50 pmI would have liked to see Vala again, too bad! I’m not really a fan of Jack, so it won’t matter to me if he is in it or not, as long as there is NO Sam/Jack ship.
Bring back Martouf/Lantash!
Hathor_girl | January 6 @ 6:51 pmWell lets tie up a loose end.. Jack and Sam’s marriage.. They no longer are under the same command.. A lot of fans would like to see that story arc closed and brought together.. Since it is a Jack centered story lets close the big one…
whizzkydd | January 6 @ 9:25 pmWell samsnares not that it really matters but I have been watching SG1 since season one with Jack O’Neill.
I used to love the character of O’Neill since the movie even, but when RDA started goofing off and not playing Jack the way I loved him in the early seasons (don’t even get me started on his performance in “Continuum”) and not to mention the so called ship between him and Sam then yes I have to say I grew quite tired of his character and could care less if I ever saw him on Stargate again.
I enjoyed season 9 and 10 very much without O’Neill and I also liked Vala and Mitchell as the new additions. They were way better thought out at as new additions to the team then Jonas ever was in my opinion.
So that is why I am not thrilled with Jack O’ Neill being the center of the story for the next movie because his character since season 5 has been disappointing and he grew even worse from season 7 and on.
Wendi | January 7 @ 2:37 amI will be very disappointed and sad if Daniel and Vala won´t ever get each other “in real life” as happened in the series finale “Unending”. Claudia Black is my favourite actress n:o 1 and I really hope to see her in the following film.
mariaman | January 7 @ 6:08 amrather then these 1 or 2 a year movies i’d rather have a once a year mini series…a 3 or 4 part mini-series allows for them to explore a story more rather then having to rush a story so that it fits into a 2 hour movie…
both of the first sg1 movies felt rush as well as almost every story in SGA’s fifth season including EATG…which in my opinion, should have been a 2 parter atleast…
boyd18 | January 7 @ 9:37 amAs far as i know Vala wont be in the next sg1 because she will be with the “universe” team and that would then explain her absense.
ukguydallas | January 7 @ 10:48 amAs long as Jack is in it, I’m good!
JackSnakeskinner | January 7 @ 11:20 amMy BIG hope for this movie is to see Martouf and Lantash again – if nothing else, then from an AU. And I would love Martouf/Lantash to be married to Sam, of course!
snotr | January 7 @ 11:26 amContrary to most everyone else, I want NO SHIP of any kind in the movie…except for spaceships…
I hope to see the Goa’uld again. Ba’al would be cool – I don’t believe they got all his clones! Or maybe a new one, we have never heard of before, but has now gotten the chance to rise to power.
I also very much hope to see the Tok’ra again.
BlueMushroom | January 7 @ 11:42 amWould love to see the ‘classic’ SG-1 again. To me they will always be the only ‘real’ one :) I hope very much Jack, Sam, Teal’c, and Daniel will all be there. Aside from that, I also hope for classic in another sense – I want to see them go through the Stargates in the Milkyway, not fly on spaceships. That’s not real Stargate to me. I would love a classic episode-like movie. Let SG-1 go through the gate, be captured by a Goa’uld who has managed to keep power and Jaffa. Let him throw SG-1 in his holding cell and float in and gloat, before SG-1 invariably foils his plans and escapes! THAT would be my dream-movie! Oh – and while we are at it – I would love them to find that Martouf/Lantash is really alive and it was clones that died. Maybe they could then rescue him at the same time?
cutietux | January 7 @ 1:39 pm